Killarney Canada

We had good light winds leaving Little Current. We hadn't expected to sail due to narrow channels but favorable winds and enough width between land masses that we sailed for about two hours. Then the winds died so it didn't matter how much space between islands, we had to motor. We only had one near miss where we got too close to an island and into 12 feet of water and could see the rocks below. We quickly turned to deeper water. You have to be very diligent for rocks in the water here. When the lake is calm, like it was today, you can see the rocks barely above the water like alligators waiting to eat your keel. When it's wavy it's even worse. They look like waves. You have to look long enough to see that the waves move and the rocks don/t. The rocks can be found all over. We were in a channel between two islands that had to be more than a mile wide and 80 feet deep and there was a small rock island in the middle. Imagine an 80 foot hill in the middle or worse yet 79 feet so you can't see it.

The Little Current swing bridge opening. It was built in 1876.




A neat lighthouse we saw along the way.

If you look closely you can see a rock island in the foreground. Those types of islands were possible anywhere and in any depth of water.

This gives an idea of the rock that this area is made of, all the way down to the bottom of the lake.

The view from the end of the dock where we were docked.

View down the channel from which we arrived from the Killarney Mountain Lodge Marina at sunset.

We docked at Killarney Mountain Lodge. It is a marina that is part of a nice hotel, so it was expensive as docking fees go, but you got use of the hotel amenities. It had a heated pool and sauna as well as free laundry (you typically have to use quarters to pay laundry at other places). We did laundry since we had the time and it was free (and we didn't have quarters). We also had dinner at the hotel restaurant. I had a wonderful fish and chips that was locally caught whitefish. It wasn't the usual fish sticks but two big filets lightly breaded and deep fried that was excellent. As for beer, they had four taps of Manitoulin beers that I have referenced previously and big brewery beers. 


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